WO2020037312A1 - Système et procédé de fabrication de surfaces décoratives - Google Patents

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WO2020037312A1
WO2020037312A1 PCT/US2019/047042 US2019047042W WO2020037312A1 WO 2020037312 A1 WO2020037312 A1 WO 2020037312A1 US 2019047042 W US2019047042 W US 2019047042W WO 2020037312 A1 WO2020037312 A1 WO 2020037312A1
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  • the present disclosure relates to decorative surfaces and in particular to a system and method for fabricating decorative surfaces.
  • a system and method of the present invention include a software application that creates Terrazzo samples on computers to visualize the desired formulation of chips, with the flexibility of choosing different background colors based on various color palettes, for example, the SHERWIN-WILLIAMS color palette.
  • the system and method create a digital image of an actual sample.
  • An architect, designer, or user can choose dimensions, stone, glass, glass bead, mother of pearl, etc. as parameters.
  • an architect or designer can be very creative and experiment with various combinations before asking a supplier or contractor for actual samples.
  • the application reduces time, resources and gives more freedom to architects to create what the architect considers the best combination of parameters for the project. All the experimentation can be done using the software application, and a final sample can be made using actual material.
  • a system of the present invention comprises: an input device for receiving user inputs from a user; a processor, executing a predetermined software application, for processing the user inputs to create a decorative image; and a display for displaying the decorative image.
  • the system further comprises a fabrication system for fabricating a physical decorative surface corresponding to the decorative image.
  • the system further comprises a web server for displaying a website on the display; wherein the display displays a browser, and displays the decorative image through the browser; and wherein the user enters the user inputs to the website through the browser.
  • the decorative image represents a plurality of physical chips constituting a physical decorative surface.
  • the processor generates a chip composition specification of the decorative image from the user inputs.
  • the system further comprises a fabrication system for fabricating the physical decorative surface corresponding to the decorative image from the chip composition specification.
  • the user inputs are selected from the group of chip type, chip color, chip size, and chip percentage in the decorative image.
  • the user inputs indicate a first color palette selected from a plurality of predetermined color palettes, wherein the chip color is determined by the first color palette.
  • a system of the present invention comprises an input device for receiving user inputs from a user; a processor, executing a predetermined software application, for processing the user inputs to create a decorative image, wherein the decorative image represents a plurality of physical chips constituting a physical decorative surface; and a fabrication system for fabricating the decorative surface corresponding to the decorative image.
  • the system further comprises a display; and a web server for generating a website on the display; wherein the display displays a browser, and displays the decorative image through the browser; and wherein the user enters the user inputs to the website through the browser.
  • the processor generates a chip composition specification of the decorative image from the user inputs.
  • the fabrication system fabricates the decorative surface corresponding to the decorative image from the chip composition specification.
  • the user inputs are selected from the group of chip type, chip color, chip size, and chip percentage in the decorative image.
  • the user inputs indicate a first color palette selected from a plurality of predetermined color palettes, wherein the chip color is determined by the first color palette.
  • a method of the present invention comprises receiving user inputs from a user using an input device; executing a predetermined software application using a processor for processing the user inputs, thereby creating a decorative image; and displaying the decorative image on a display.
  • the method further comprises fabricating a physical decorative surface corresponding to the decorative image using a fabrication system.
  • the method further comprises displaying a website on the display using a web server; displaying a browser on the display; displaying the decorative image through the browser; and entering, by the user, the user inputs to the website through the browser.
  • the user inputs are selected from the group of chip type, chip color, chip size, and chip percentage in the decorative image.
  • the decorative image represents a plurality of physical chips constituting a physical decorative surface.
  • the method further comprises generating a chip composition specification of the decorative image from the user inputs; and fabricating the physical decorative surface corresponding to the decorative image from the chip composition specification using a fabrication system.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic of a computer-based system implementing the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a screenshot of an input interface of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 illustrates placement of chips on a canvas
  • FIG. 4 is a screenshot of a user input interface of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is an example surface fabricated using the present invention.
  • FIGS. 6A-6B are flowcharts of operation of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a fabrication operation of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a screenshot of an alternative embodiment of the user input interface of the present invention.
  • the present invention is a system 10 and method for fabricating decorative surfaces.
  • the system 10 includes a web server 12 having a processor 14 and a website 16 which a user computer 18 accesses through a network 20, which may include the Internet and/or other networks.
  • the web server 12 and/or the user computer 18 access a database 22 through the network 20.
  • the user computer 18 includes an input/output device 24, which may include a mouse, a keyboard, a touchscreen, and/or a display.
  • the input/output device 24 includes an interface 25, such as a graphical user interface (GUI) and/or a web browser, for receiving user inputs and for displaying user- interactive screens.
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • the user computer 18 also includes a processor 26, a memory 28, and a software application 30 which may be stored in the processor 26 and/or the memory 28, and which is executed by the processor 26.
  • the system 10 also includes a fabrication system 32, accessed by the web server 12 and/or the user computer 18, for fabricating the decorative surfaces created by the user, as described below.
  • the system 10 uses the software application 30 which converts user inputs reflecting decorative choices to an image having such decorative choices, and then optionally implementing the output image and decorative choices to the fabrication system 32, which may be a fabrication machine, to manufacture the decorative surface, as shown in FIG. 7.
  • the software application 30 may be installed on a hardware-based processor 26, such as a standalone personal computer (PC), or is installed as an app on a mobile phone or smart phone platform, or on a tablet.
  • Other hardware for executing the software application 30 includes a mainframe computer, a server, a workstation, a laptop, and/or any known hardware.
  • the processor 26 may include microprocessors such as VAX processors, Xeon, i7/i5/i3 series of INTEL processors, AMD processors, and/or any other known processors including graphic processing units (GPUs) and co-processors for increasing and/or improving execution speed and the handling of graphics.
  • microprocessors such as VAX processors, Xeon, i7/i5/i3 series of INTEL processors, AMD processors, and/or any other known processors including graphic processing units (GPUs) and co-processors for increasing and/or improving execution speed and the handling of graphics.
  • the hardware also executes an operating system, such as Open VMS, OS/390, Unix, Linux, MAC OS, and WINDOWS, on compatible servers, personal computers, tablets, and other known computing devices, as well as mobile operating systems such as iOS and ANDROID, and/or any known operating system for executing and managing operations of the software application 30.
  • the software application 30 may be platform independent.
  • the software application 30 may be written in JAVA JDK, JAVA FX, and/or JRE, such as runtime deployment using the JRE 1.8 Update 171, as well as any known programming language such as JAVASCRIPT, C++, PYTHON, and C#. Examples of the source code of the software application 30, listed below, are written in JAVA.
  • the software application 30 may be a browser-based application, app, or applet.
  • the system 10, method, and software application 30 of the present invention may operate to be free to use, allowing users to generate and save decorative images without access to the image specifications or formulas specifying the decorative images.
  • users with paid subscriptions may generate and save decorative images with the added ability to access image specifications or formulas specifying the decorative images.
  • Other advantages of the system 10, method, and software application 30 of the present invention using a freemium business model may be provided to paying subscribers. For example, users with paid subscriptions may also have access to different color palettes, additional chip selections, and/or unlimited generation and saving of the number of created decorative images, which would not be available to non-paying free users.
  • the system 10 has the user computer 18, which includes a memory 28, and the input/output device 24, such as a display, for displaying at least one interface 25 on a display screen.
  • the interface 25 may be a graphic user interface (GUI) capable of accepting user inputs through a keyboard, mouse and/or touches and gestures on a touchscreen.
  • GUI graphic user interface
  • a user input interface 100 opens and is displayed on the display of the PC, smart phone, or tablet as the user input/output device 24.
  • the user enters specified parameters and chooses from preloaded options using, for example, drop-down menus of lists of selectable options.
  • the user can enter a job name in input field 112 which will correspond to a name associated with the sample created from the formulation of chips selected by the user.
  • the user can also select a background color of the created sample from a drop-down menu 114 providing a list of names of colors in a predetermined palette, such as a palette of colors commercially available from SHERWIN-WILLIAMS.
  • a predetermined palette such as a palette of colors commercially available from SHERWIN-WILLIAMS.
  • Other predetermined palettes include those commercially available from BENJAMIN MOORE and the INTERNATIONAL COLOR PALETTE.
  • the user may also be able to select one palette from a plurality of palettes, such as the SHERWIN-WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN MOORE, and INTERNATIONAL COLOR PALETTE palettes using, for example, a drop-down menu of available palettes through the GUI.
  • the user can further select a size of the sample including a width and a height of the sample image on the screen using a width slider 116 and a height slider 118, respectively, with a range of 0 inches to 15 inches for each of the width and height.
  • the user can also select a product category from each of tabs 120, 122, 124, 126; and can then select the respective colors, size and percentage of the chips for each selected product category to be included in the sample using the drop-down menus 128, 130 for the colors and sizes, respectively, and using the input text field 132 for the numerical percentages.
  • Categories of the chips such as marble chips; glass, glass beads, and recycled glass; mother of pearl; and semi-precious stones are available on displayed tabs 120, 122, 124, 126, respectively, and user can choose a number of options, such as, for example, ten options, from each product category other than semi-precious stones, which has, for example, five options.
  • the options include the names of colors of the chips, such as Classic Marble, Boston Cream, New Pure White, Recycled Mirror, etc.
  • the names of colors may also include color codes such as MP20, C33, W20, RC10, etc.
  • the options also include sizes of the chips, with each size chosen from a different or the same category of chips which is separate in the software application. The sizes may have numerical values such as 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. indicating their relative sizes. For example, the sizes of the chips may be as shown in Table 1:
  • the Submit button 134 is clicked or otherwise actuated, causing the input interface 100 to take the specified user inputs, and feed the inputs into program variables for use during execution of the software application 30 to create the sample. If the user changes his/her mind regarding the selection of options while the software application 30 is executing, the user can actuate a Stop button 136 to stop the processing of the selected choices and inputs.
  • the software application 30 runs according to the algorithm shown in FIGS. 6A-6B and 7 by sourcing the images of the chips and populating them over an input space as a canvas 140 with a matrix 142 of lines for placing the images 144 of the chips.
  • the software application 30 checks if the RGB values of a portion 146 of the canvas is equal to the RGB values of the background color. For example, a portion 146 of the canvas may not yet be occupied by an image 144 of any chips, and so the software application 30 identifies areas where images 144 of chips may be placed. Each intersection in the image is considered as a point or pixel, and the image of the chip is also transformed to be positioned in the matrix 142.
  • the relative point or pixel on the image of a chip is matched with an absolute point or pixel on the canvas, and once a match is detected, the color of the canvas at all points or pixels in the image is checked. If there is a match with a background color, then there is space for the image of the chip to be put into the input space 140 as a canvas for chips.
  • the software application 30 may take between about one minute and about ten minutes for the application to process the sample and generate an output, although runtime for the software application 30 may be approximately 90 seconds without losing quality of the output.
  • an output interface 150 is displayed, along with a report associated with a job name 152, obtained from the input field 112 in FIG. 2, and with the output interface 150 containing the image 154 with the corresponding formulation 156 of the chips chosen from the input interface 100 in FIG. 2.
  • the sample image 154 and formulation 156 are saved in an output folder, associated with the job name 152, in the memory 28 in FIG. 1, or alternatively saved in the database 22 in FIG. 1.
  • the user may be an architect, a designer, an architecture or sales representative, a professional sample maker, and/or a contractor.
  • the user may disapprove of the sample and its formulation 156, and so the percentages and sizes in the input interface 100 in FIG. 2 may be reset and the software application 30 can be used again by the user to reformulate a sample and its corresponding image 154 using a new formulation 156.
  • the user may then apply the formulation 156 of the chips to generate an actual physical sample, by which the system 10 and method of the present invention fabricates an example surface 160, as shown in FIG. 5, using the method in FIG. 7, as described herein.
  • the actual physical sample may be fabricated by manually mixing materials based on the formulation outputted and saved or via automated means based on the same.
  • the software application 30 performs a method or algorithm starting in step 1000, in which the user enters the user inputs to the user interface 100 and clicks on the Submit button 134 to start processing the sample based on user specifications, including the user-set parameters in the input areas 112-132, such as the input fields, tabs, and drop-down menus of lists of selectable choices, as described herein.
  • step 1001 once the Submit button 134 is clicked, the user inputs from the interface 100 are obtained which include a job/sample name 112, a background color name 114 from the SHERWIN-WILLIAMS palette, the selected width 116 and height 118 of the sample output, the names 128, sizes 130, and percentages 132 of the chips from marble, glass, mother-of-pearl, and semiprecious tabs 120-126, and the user inputs are assigned to application variables.
  • a job/sample name 112 a background color name 114 from the SHERWIN-WILLIAMS palette
  • the selected width 116 and height 118 of the sample output the names 128, sizes 130, and percentages 132 of the chips from marble, glass, mother-of-pearl, and semiprecious tabs 120-126
  • the user inputs are assigned to application variables.
  • step 1002 using the color name from fields 128, a search for the red, green, and blue (RGB) values of the color are determined from the SHERWIN-WILLIAMS palette color information EXCEL file, which stores an identification (ID), name, and RGB values separately.
  • ID an identification
  • RGB red, green, and blue
  • a color matrix representing the canvas is created as in FIG. 3.
  • the width and height of the matrix is dependent on the width and height of the sample specified by the user, as well as the pixel resolution of the screen upon which the input interface 100 is displayed.
  • the width of the matrix is the input width from the user multiplied by the screen resolution to display the right size.
  • the height of the matrix is the input height from the user multiplied by the screen resolution to display the right size.
  • step 1003 the software application 30 obtains the names, sizes and percentages of the chips from the user interface 100, and a single chip is identified by its size, name and percentage, hence the information of the single chip is tied together which is convenient later to access each chip. In this manner, multiple chips are combined to form a main list containing the names, sizes and percentages of chips from all of the tabs 120-126, specifying marble, glass, mother-of-pearl, and semiprecious. While creating the main list of chips, the images of the chips are resized, and a list of images based on the specified and required percentage are added. Each name, size, percentage, and image correspond to one chip. The main list of chips is later subdivided into sub lists based on their sizes. Each sub-list corresponds to a list of chips of a respective size. In addition, the background color is initialized based on the color selection. Step 1003 may be implemented as follows:
  • step 1004 a list of indices with jumps, based on the smallest size of the chip, is created for x axis and y axis traversal. These indices are the indices where the images of the chips will be placed on the screen, such as shown in FIG. 3.
  • Double[] xaxisval new Double[(int) (wd/pixelsizechip)];
  • Double[] yaxisval new Double[(int) (ht/pixelsizechip)];
  • step 1006 once all sub-lists are processed, that is, there are no more sub-lists to process, the output image 154 is created from the canvas matrix 142, and the formulation of the chips is printed or otherwise output to the user.
  • the output window 150 displays the image 154 and its associated formulation 156.
  • the method may then end and optionally a new sample may be created.
  • the method proceeds to perform steps 1019-1021 in FIG. 7, as described herein, to fabricate a physical sample corresponding to the image 154 and its associated formulation 156.
  • step 1005 the method proceeds to step 1007, such that every time a sub-list is processed, the method checks if the Stop button 136 is pressed or not. If the Stop button 136 is pressed, then the method is terminated and a new sample can be created.
  • step 1008 a list of percentages of the chips in a sub-list is created. Another list corresponding to the actual percentages list is created to track the chips covering the canvas area 140, shown in FIG. 3. Another set of lists using indices indexchip and maxindexchip are created. Indexchip is used to traverse through the list of images corresponding to a chip of one size.
  • step 1009 the method traverses over the canvas matrix 142 in the x and y directions, and the x and y points are iterated over based on the list of indices until the width and height of the canvas matrix is reached. If the width or height are not reached, then the method returns to step 1005, but if the width and height are reached, then the method proceeds to step 1010.
  • step 1010 at each point of iteration of the sub-list, the actual percentages list is checked to see if any of the chips exceeds the required percentage of the specific chips in the canvas 140. If not, the method returns to step 1005; otherwise, the method proceeds to step 1011.
  • step 1011 the point where the image of a chip is to be placed on the canvas 140 is randomized. Based on the number of sizes in the formulation and the size of chips, the placement of a chip is either based on a uniform distribution of the index of the list or it is based on shuffled list of indices.
  • xaxis (int) xaxisv[u] ;
  • step 1012 at each point of the iteration of a sub-list, the actual percentages list is checked to see if any of the chips exceeds the required percentage of the specific chip in the canvas 140, by checking if there is a chip where the indexchip of the chip is greater than or equal to the maxindexchip. If so, the method proceeds to step 1013; otherwise, the method proceeds to step
  • step 1013 if there is a chip where the actual percentage of the specific chip in the canvas
  • targetp removeElementdouble(targetp,indexgtr);
  • indexchip remo veElementint(indexchip , indexgtr) ;
  • maxindexchip remo veElementint (maxindexchip , indexgtr) ;
  • step 1014 a chip is randomly chosen from the sub-list based on a probability distribution, based on the target percentages of the chips of one size, and the image of the chip is found from the list of images corresponding the name and size of the chip and corresponding to indexchip.
  • step 1015 before putting the image in the canvas, the canvas is checked to determine if there is space in the canvas corresponding to the point in the matrix selected from a counter, and if such space can fit the image of the chip. If so, the method proceeds to step 1016; otherwise, the method proceeds to step 1017.
  • step 1016 if there is space available, the image of the chip is put on the canvas 140.
  • the actual percentage corresponding the chip, whose image was inserted in the canvas 140, is incremented by the area of the image of the chip put in the canvas and the total area of the canvas
  • indexchip [chip] indexchip [chip] + 1 ;
  • step 1017 if there is no space for the image of the chip on the canvas 140, the iteration variable is incremented, and the method proceeds to step 1018.
  • step 1018 if the iteration variable exceeds a threshold then processing of the sub-list is ended, and a next sub-list is chosen to be processed. This is done to prevent the counter from going on for a long time, as a safety measure. Placing of the chips is dependent of the position and area of the chips. If the chips are not placed, the iteration variable increments with upper limit threshold, as a safety measure, and is set to the product of the index arrays for x and y. The method then checks if the iteration is less than the threshold. If so, the method returns to step 1009; otherwise, the method returns to step 1005.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a fabrication operation of the present invention, in which the method outputs the chips formulation 156 in FIG. 4 to the fabrication system 32, such as a fabrication machine known in the art, in step 1019.
  • the fabrication system 32 or machine may take the specifications of the chips formulation 156 and randomly mix the selected amounts and sizes of chips to create a composition of chips matching the formulation 156.
  • the method then fabricates a decorative surface, such as the surface 160 in FIG. 5, in step 1020 using the fabrication system 32 or machine.
  • the fabrication system 32 or machine may pour or otherwise place the composition of chips in a frame or other structure with, for example, epoxy or other adhering substances known in the art, where the composition will harden to form the decorative surface having the formulation 156.
  • the method then polishes the fabricated surface in step 1021 using a polishing machine known in the art, to generate the final version of the decorative surface as in FIG. 5, and corresponding to the chips formulation 156 and the image 154 in FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 8 is a screenshot of an alternative embodiment of the user input interface 100 of the present invention.
  • the user input interface 100 in FIG. 8 is similar to the user input interface 100 in FIG. 2, but having different user controls.
  • the user input interface 100 has an input field for a sample number, allowing the user to identify a sample from among a number of samples stored in the same job name.
  • the drop-down menu 114 providing a list of names of colors in a predetermined palette has an additional adjacent drop-down menu for specifying a color family within the selected color palette, such as a brown color family providing a set of brown hues for the chips, while a silver color family provides a set of silver hues for the chips.
  • a drop-down menu allows the user to select one category of chip from among the categories 120-126 of chips, such as marble 120; glass, glass beads, and recycled glass 122; mother-of-pearl 124; and semi-precious stones 126.
  • a percentage selector 132 may be in the form of a slider instead of an input field for inputting a percentage.

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L'invention concerne un système et un procédé comprenant une application logicielle qui crée des échantillons de Terrazzo sur des ordinateurs pour visualiser la formulation souhaitée de copeaux, la flexibilité de sélection de différentes couleurs d'arrière-plan sur la base de différentes palettes de couleurs. Le système et le procédé créent une image numérique d'un échantillon réel. Un architecte, un concepteur ou un utilisateur peut choisir les dimensions, la pierre, le verre, les billes de verre, la nacre, etc. en tant que paramètres. Avec le système et le procédé, un architecte ou un concepteur peut être très créatif et expérimenter avec diverses combinaisons avant de demander des échantillons réels à un fournisseur ou un entrepreneur. L'application réduit le temps, les ressources et donne plus de liberté aux architectes pour créer ce que l'architecte considère la meilleure combinaison de paramètres pour le projet. Toute l'expérimentation peut être effectuée à l'aide de l'application logicielle, et un échantillon final peut être réalisé à l'aide d'un matériau réel.
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